Prunus triloba Lindl.

Flowering plum (en), Amandier-nain trilobé (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Prunus

Characteristics

A small tree. It grows 3.5 m high and spreads 3.5 m wide. The leaves are 6 cm long. The leaves have 3 lobes. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers are pale pink. They open before or with the leaf buds. The fruit is red and has a downy skin.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 3.0 - 3.75
Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 3.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Temperate. It is more hardy than Prunus mume. It grows in north China between 600-2,500 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
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Forests and thickets; at elevations from 600-2,500 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses dye gene source medicinal
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -25
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Prunus triloba leaf picture by h p (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Prunus triloba fruit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Prunus triloba fruit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Prunus triloba world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United States of America, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:721460-1
WFO ID wfo-0001013932
COL ID 6VZS2
BDTFX ID 83000
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Amygdalus triloba Armeniaca triloba Prunus triloba Louiseania triloba Persica triloba Cerasus triloba Amygdalus lindleyi Amygdalus triloba var. truncata